Senator Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, has pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to permit students to resume their studies.
When the members of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) paid him a working visit on Wednesday at Government House Owerri, the Governor made the request.
Senator Hope Uzodimma asked all sides in the ASUU/FG saga to sheathe their swords and let the sleeping wolf lie, notably appealing to the FUTO branch of ASUU to “let students studying in the institution to go back to school.”
“What the leaders of Nigeria owe our future generation is to ensure that they are given the opportunity to acquire knowledge and be better citizens in future”, he further said.
While acknowledging that education is an expensive project to acquire, Uzodinma said “when the foundation is laid and infrastructure like that of FUTO is put on ground as a platform, it is the civic responsibility of the leaders to support the institution to maximize their objective.”
The Governor said that “education is the key ingredient for national development, so it is the responsibility of leaders in the country to resolve issues and controversies that tend to impede the academic progress of her youths.”
